Meaning & use
iatrogenic
Relating to illness, injury, or complications caused inadvertently by medical treatment or a healthcare provider.
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The rash turned out to be an iatrogenic reaction to the new medication.
Doctors are trained to minimize iatrogenic harm during routine procedures.
A note on using this word
Often mistyped "latrogenic" because a capital "I" looks like a lowercase "l"; the correct spelling starts with "ia-," from the Greek word for "healer."
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